The five month sweater

This sweater has been in progress, according to Ravelry, for five months.  Rather longer than usual for a simple sweater but I've been busy and had little time for knitting.  This is my first successful colourwork item.  I made a knitted carpet in the general shape of a sweater when I was about twenty, but I'm not counting that one.

The main yarn is WoollyKnits. One of the last of the super skeins, which they no longer sell.  These were 500 gramme monster skeins of wool, sometimes general wool, sometimes merino, and for a couple of years they did the most amazing blue faced leicester.  I believe this one is merino as it is very soft but lacks the sheen of the blue face.  This one was an overdye.  I was told they took all the left over coloured skeins and overdyed them all navy blue which has created a gorgeous subtle stripe effect which I love.

The colourwork is my own hand spun and was merino and silk I believe.  I only had a smallish bit of fibre but it has somehow created a reasonably large amount of yarn as I have lots left.

Originally I planned a star colourwork sweater somewhat similar to The Killing sweater but couldn't work out how to make the stars work across a raglan, so designed the circles and they actually make quite a nice, understated sweater.

The neckline, cuffs and hem have a picot edge which I felt gave a very sleek finish and made it look more modern than a ribbed cuff might have done.

All in all, very pleased with this one, and got it finished just in time for autumn.

 The next knitting project is already cast on and is a Christmas gift for a family member.

The remainder of the colourwork yarn will be going into a handspun blanket if all goes to plan.